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Members of the union which represents the Bethel Park School District bus drivers have approved a compromise position offered by the district, according to a union representative.
"(The membership) overwhelming approved (the compromise)," Richard Caponi, director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 84, said of the May 30 vote.
The union represents the district's 79 bus drivers, mechanics and bus aides, who have been working under the terms of a contract that expired in 2011.
Caponi said the school board will vote on the proposal on June 10. Due to an agreement with the district, he refused to cite specifics of the agreement, but said that if the proposal is accepted by both parties, the option of the district outsourcing the busing is "off the table."
"The district will not be making any public comments regarding the transportation negotiations until the board takes official action," said Vicki Flotta, district director of communications.
Flotta did confirm that, if an agreement is reached, outsourcing will not occur.
The board has scheduled a special meeting for general purposes, along with its finance committee meeting, for 6:30 p.m. June 10.
District officials, who said their transportation budget for the 2012-2013 school year was $4.2 million, have been very open about the fact that they have sought a bid from First Student, an independent student transportation company that provides busing for many districts. However, board members have said that their decisions on the negotiations with the union have nothing to do with outsourcing transportation
Parents, citing their trust in the current employees as well as the bonds between their children and the drivers and aides, have spoken adamantly against outsourcing.
On April 29, union members accepted a mediator's fact-finding report. School board members offered the compromise position and rejected the report.
According to the report, which is posted on the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board website, among the issues that were still separating the two parties were wages, time off, the definition of what constitutes a full-time employee and healthcare benefits.
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It's summer in Sweden. As the coastal city of Gothenburg suffers through a heat wave, Chief Inspector Erik Winter broods over a series of unsolved rape-murders. The crimes bear an eerie resemblance to a five-year-old case that the mercurial detective has refused to let go cold. Has the same rapist reemerged to taunt him, or is a copycat at work? And can Winter find a common thread among the victims before there are more of them? With Never End, Åke Edwardson brings American readers another installment of the smart, suspenseful, atmospheric series that has won him legions of fans all over the world.
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A Timeless Classic!
QuestWorld was made during the early stages of Minecraft, no pistons hoppers repeaters or Creative mode. At the time it was kinda new to use redstone and falling sand/gravel to make an interactive environment. Today there are countless options in Minecraft, you can also use some MC Edit magic. But if you want to enjoy a Minecraft map like it was in the early days, you should give this map a try. Maybe it's a classic.
About QuestWorld 2. Well, let's say QuestWorld 2 Beta does exist. However we never got to finish it. It turned out to be too much work and we lost our interest a little. There is still a change that we will finish it or upload the beta version.
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You're shipwrecked, there is no way you can get home. You have to stay where you are and help people with their problems. By completing quests you get access to new cities, more quests and better rewards. Did you live well? Only then you may go to heaven! (There you will find the ending)
The map is based on a unique quest system, which uses only redstone wiring. No mods or texture packs are needed. We did not use any world editors or in-game editors during the building process, except for the basic server commands. This map is also made without pistons, but we still created the same effects.
#1 The only block you can destroy is dirt.
#2 You may kill, craft and steal.
#3 Stay within the boundries marked by snow pillars.
#4 You may only place & break: torches, redstone torches, signs, cake and paintings. You're not allowed to place: redstone torches in front of doors, water, lava and dirt except if said otherwise. (replacing dirt if stuck is also allowed)
#5 Play on peaceful (recommended). You may play on easy or normal, but make sure no creepers blow up!
So in short: You can do what ever you want, you're only limited in placing and destroying blocks/items! If you think something is cheating, then don't do it
During your jouney you will find diamonds, each diamond counts for 1 point. Please tell us in a post what you score is! (Things made out of diamond don't count, also don't mine diamonds) The total amount of diamonds you can find is about 122!
This is where you can find them:
- 15 in Lobster village
- 19 in Camel Town
- 29 in Twiggle Town
- 50 in Valdrey City
- 9 in heaven
Total: 122 !
Older versions:
- 15 (15) ((11)) in Lobster village
- 19 (16) ((16)) in Camel Town
- 28 (28) ((26)) in Twiggle Town
- 48 (48) ((45)) in Valdrey City
- 9 (9) ((9)) in heaven
Total: 119 (116) ((107)) !
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In version 1.4 we added A BIG SECRET PUZZLE around our map and youtube! It involves a new area, and clues everywhere which you need to solve. It is a secret which, if you complete it, will give you information about the next QuestWorld. Every person that completes the secret first, will get a pre-release version of QuestWorld 2!
Start the secret by downloading this file: Secret file! (mirror: http://www.mediafire...rhbx77m7cq7sqee)
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This is us showing you how to do the main quests. The map version is v1.2 so there might be some things different when you play the map.
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Please report bugs you find, this really helps us Bugs: - The map is in a snow biome in the translated version Portuguese-Brazil. - In some occasions a chunck is missing in Twiggle Town (maybe caused by some mod?)
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The delays at the Orlando VA Medical Center are beyond sorry. So kudos to Republicans John Mica and Dan Webster and Democrats Alan Grayson and Corrine Brown for teaming up in unusual bipartisan style to crack the whip and demand answers. If I was the VA or a contractor, I'd be nervous. Because these guys joining forces either means serious business … or that Armageddon's coming.
Kudos also to the Seminole County commissioners for continuing their commitment to a comprehensive trail system, adding another three miles to the Seminole Wekiva Trail. Such moves help the county live up to its motto as "Florida's Natural Choice." (We'll see whether that trend continues next week when developers come asking the county to build more houses on rural land than is supposed to be allowed.)
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Earlier this week, we carried a story about all the rail lines coming to Central Florida — lines that may go north to south, from the airport to the convention center, even one from Lake County to downtown Orlando.
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Think about that for a minute. The single largest destination in Central Florida is MIA.
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I know some reasons why Disney might not be keen on running mass transit out of its property. (Think captive audience.)
But it defies logic to run rail all over the region and bypass the state's biggest tourist attraction — and the nation's largest single-site employer.
Maybe one day, this community will get serious about regional cooperation — and realize that achieving it takes more than costly "visioning" exercises.
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Goodbye, J.J. As a loyal Tar Heel, it took a while for me to warm up to Duke alum J.J. Redick. But I did. I loved the guy's work ethic. And he had style, to boot. So I'm sad to see him leave the Magic. On the flip side, he's being traded to a better team. Which one? Oh, I don't know. I just know that, by definition, it has to be a better team.
Sign time. Wouldn't you know this was the season my son asked to put a "Go Magic" sign in our front yard? I agreed — and told him we'd keep it up as long as it remained standing. I then put it right near the street, figuring that, if it was anything like the team, it'd either collapse at home or flop on the road.
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Switzerland Agriculture Stats
- Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
- Agricultural machinery > Tractors: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.
- Arable and permanent cropland: Arable and permanent cropland 2000.
- Arable land > Hectares: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
- Cotton > Exports: Exports of cotton 2003/2004
- Cotton use: Domestic use of cotton 2003/2004
- Farm machinery > Tractors: Farm machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.
- Farm workers: Agricultural employment shows the number of agricultural workers in the agricultural sector.
- Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).
- Fertilizer use: Average fertilizer use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Fertilizer use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total fertilizer consumption, measured in kilograms of plant nutrient, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland. The measure of fertilizer consumption is an aggregate of nitrogenous, phosphate and potash fertilizers. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments. In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data. Hectares of arable and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods.
- Permanent crops: Permanent crops in 2000.
- Products: Major agricultural crops and products
- Tractors: Number of tractors 2000. Number of tractors in use refers to the total number of wheeled and crawler tractors used in agriculture. Garden tractors are excluded.
- Value added: Agriculture, value added (% of GDP). Agriculture corresponds to ISIC divisions 1-5 and includes forestry, hunting, and fishing, as well as cultivation of crops and livestock production. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3.
- Workers per hectare: Workers per hectare of cropland 2000. Agricultural labor intensity, number of workers per hectare shows the labor input intensity of agricultural systems. It is calculated by WRI by dividing the number of agricultural workers by the number of hectares of arable and permanent cropland. Values vary widely among countries according to labor scarcity, production technologies, costs of energy and machinery, etc.
SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; Food and Agriculture Organisation, electronic files and web site.; Food and Agriculture Organisation, Production Yearbook and data files.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2000; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 25 March 2010.; The World Bank
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Several hundred workers at a Hostess plant in northeast Philadelphia are off the job honoring picket lines by the bakers' union at the bankrupt company's plants.
The Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union says Friday's walkout began after Hostess Brands Inc. imposed a contract that cuts wages and benefits by 27 to 32 percent, with an immediate 8 percent wage reduction.
Hostess, which makes Twinkies, Wonder Bread and Ding Dongs, filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.
Hostess Brands Inc. acknowledged "tough" concessions but urged workers to remain on the job "to rebuild the company." Hostess also warned that a prolonged strike would mean mass layoffs.
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Since 2005, it has been nearly impossible to discharge private student loans through bankruptcy. These expensive, variable-rate loans lack the consumer protections and flexible repayment options of federal loans, leaving borrowers with almost no options for relief when they face catastrophic medical expenses, suffer prolonged unemployment, or otherwise fall on hard times. Too often, young people take out thousands of dollars in risky private loans after receiving inadequate or misleading information from lenders or colleges.
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The prairie dogs are most active in evenings and during bright, sunny days. They do not like to be above-ground when it is cloudy or there is bad weather. In mid to late June we usually have several babies that come up to the surface for the first time. It is always exciting to see these little ones jumping around and playing with the older prairie dogs for the first time.
We do ask that you do not feed the prairie dogs since they are on a special zoo diet.
Prairie Dogs are small mammals that burrow under the surface of the soil. They live in colonies that are comprised of several family members, as well as strangers.
Prairie dogs are important animals in the prairie; many people call them keystone species. A keystone species is an animal that all other animals rely on for survival. Prairie dogs are notorious for digging holes and many farmers do not look favorable upon all of the bare ground they expose. However, biologists have discovered that several species need bare ground to survive on the prairie. There are also several species that rely on prairie dogs for food. Prairie dogs are the main source of food for Black-footed Ferrets, Swift Fox, and Ferruginous Hawks.
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Corbin Bernsen wrote and directed the new movie "Beyond The Heavens". It's about a 13-year-old boy from a religious family, who begins to question everything he's been taught about life.
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1) He is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is best known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych, and as Roger Dorn in the films Major League, Major League II, and Major League: Back to the Minors. He has also appeared regularly on other shows, including General Hospital and Cuts.
2) Bernsen was born in North Hollywood, California, the son of Harry Bernsen, Jr., a Hollywood producer, and veteran soap actress Jeanne Cooper, who appeared on The Young and the Restless.
3) He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1972. Bernsen is also a "double Bruin," having received both a BA in Theatre Arts and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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The pension is quite away from the town, but it's clean and the room is quite nice. Also the price is good! A nice choice for money.
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The poor location did not come as a surprise, we knew it at booking, so that was not a problem but the fact is still there. The room was very good for the price - including bathroom and toilette! There is parking in the yard - for extra fee which was not advertised. Internet was very poor so we did not have to pay for it. For us the only drawback was the pub the next door which was noisy at times. All in all - the value for money was alright.
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How is it that Chesapeake Energy pays so little in taxes?
Last year a team of enterprising Bloomberg journalists reported that although Chesapeake had booked $5.5 billion in pretax profits since its founding, it had paid just $53 million in federal taxes. The Bloomberg story framed this as the result of an outdated tax subsidy.
The thrust of the Bloomberg story was that Chesapeake unfairly benefits from the tax subsidy. Predictably, Democratic lawmakers reacted by calling for an end to the practice.
But truth might be even more troubling than the lawmakers or Bloomberg reporters realize. The tiny amount of taxes Chesapeake pays may better reflect the economic reality of the company than its financial reporting. That is to say, the tax code may have it right—Chesapeake may not really be very profitable at all.
Ordinarily, companies are required to capitalize expenses on things that are expected to last more than a year. This means that they cannot deduct the full cost of a piece of equipment in the year it is purchased. Instead, they get to take smaller deductions over what the tax code considers the useful life of the thing purchased.
The big "tax break" that Chesapeake reportedly takes advantage of is a rule that allows oil and gas producers to immediately expense their "intangible drilling costs" (IDC).
KPMG has a helpful primer on how this works. Here's its example:
If the taxpayer purchased a fuel storage tank for $10 to power a drilling rig, the taxpayer would recover the $10 cost through depreciation. However, if the taxpayer purchased $5 in metals to make the fuel tank and incurred $5 of IDC in constructing the tank, the taxpayer would recover the $5 tangible cost through depreciation and deduct $5 as IDC.
That is to say, Chesapeake is able to reduce its taxable income by immediately deducting the costs of stuff related to the drilling and preparation of wells for oil and natural gas.
Chesapeake is not, however, required to apply the same immediate deduction to its income for the purposes of financial reporting. In fact, it's not permitted to do so. Generally accepted accounting principles require companies to recognize many of these expenses in stages—over the lifespan of the equipment.
This means that Chesapeake's GAAP expenses are much lower than its expenses for tax purposes, which is part of the reason why the company has been able to report $5.5 billion in pretax profits over the years. But, in this case at least, it appears to be the tax code that has it right when it comes to the economic reality of Chesapeake. The company burns through lots of cash by drilling.
This difference between tax accounting and GAAP accounting is not unique to Chesapeake, of course. Almost every major corporation reports income differently for GAAP purposes and tax purposes. But because of the favorable treatment of intangible drilling costs, the gap at Chesapeake is larger than it is for many other companies.
A Chesapeake representative says that despite the tax break, the company paid over $6 billion in combined federal, state and local taxes, including ad valorem taxes, severance, sales, employment and corporate income and franchise taxes. The company has accrued an additional $3 billion in future corporate income taxes, according to the representative.
This raises another issue. The tax code may be driving Chesapeake to drill more than it otherwise would. As long as Chesapeake is able to keep it's drilling costs high enough, it can continue to avoid paying those accrued taxes. But if it were ever to slow down drilling or stop altogether, it would get hit with a tax bill for the revenue from its wells.
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Pack Softball Sets Record-Smashing Standard
Under first-year head coach Shawn Rychcik, the Wolfpack won the school's second ACC title, advanced to an NCAA Regional title game for the first time in school history and broke nearly 40 team and individual school records.
Pack Comes Out Swinging, Wins Rain-Interrupted Game over JMU, 6-4
Freshman Hanna Sommer hit a solo home run in the fifth and Kirsty Grant and Renada Davis had back-to-back doubles in the seventh to give sophomore pitcher Emily Weiman her 33rd win of the season. The Pack will now play No. 5 Tennessee in the first of two possible games Sunday afternoon for the NCAA Knoxville Regional championship.
Pack Softball Loses 1-0 Heartbreaker in 12 Innings to No. 5 Tennessee
Sophomore pitcher Emily Weiman goes the distance in the longest postseason game in both NC State and Tennessee history. An 11th-inning, run-scoring triple ended the classic pitcher's duel between Weiman and Tennessee's Ellen Renfroe. The Pack played a second game later Saturday night.
A Record-Bashing Weekend For Pack Softball
Among the many records broken in a three-game sweep over Boston College were the ACC records for home runs in a game (8) and most total bases in a game (45).
Softball Completes Sweep of BC With 4 More HRs; Weiman Sets Win Mark
NC State softball has won nine straight games and has moved into second place in the ACC standings. Sophomore Renada Davis has moved into a tie for the NCAA lead with her 24th homer of the season and her first career grand slam. Sophomore pitcher Emily Weiman picked up her 28th win of the season, breaking Abbie Sims' single-season record of 27 from 2007.
2013: Started 52 games at first base ... Collected 34 hits with 21 RBIs and runs scored ... Smashed five home runs, including a multi-homer game against Boston College ... Finished the season with 435 putouts, the second-most in school history for a single season ... Recorded a seven game hit streak and had six multi-hit games ... Had a career-high five RBIs against Elon
2012: Started 40 games at first base for the Wolfpack and played in 45 contests overall ... Hit a solid .250 in 112 at-bats, with a .330 slugging percentage ... Had three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBIs ... Led the team with 275 putouts and was third with a fielding percentage of .983 ... Ninth in ACC in total chances and putouts
2011: Made eight pinch-hit appearances as a freshman in 2011 ... Notched one RBI
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On Dec. 6, 2011, City Council approved an ordinance to comply with state legislation to standardize non-residential impact fees based on the size of the water meter at each business or property. This is similar to what most other cities in the valley are currently doing.
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Many users have asked if we could expand this functionality, as there is a lot to be learned from seeing an image and then the equipment, settings and flash used to capture the image.
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When you go to photo detail pages, you'll now see the expanded data (IF the data accompanied the image when it was uploaded.
If the EXIF does not accompany the digital image (if it's been stripped in your editing/post process), that field will be blank. Otherwise, whatever we get and that we can decipher, we'll display. In some cases, the data will be missing, corrupt, partially corrupt or otherwise indecipherable. You might notice that some images have a date that they were taken (with a digital camera) that dates back to ... say... 1969. Obviously, that's a little 'wonky' (technical term, we understand). The reason is that the field comes back with a default value that sneaks past our validations.
We will, of course, be working on improving and tweaking this to make sure that we catch most of the 'wonkiness'.
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Collections are a great way to wander through the site, looking for the best and keeping them handy for the future... have fun exploring!
Photo Collection Count
The number of collections a photo is contained in is now shown on the photo display page as well as in your profile in large thumbnail view. Clicking on the count will show you all of the public collections that the photo is in. The count is displayed up under the title of the photo as shown here:
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When you add the first photo to a collection it automatically becomes the thumbnail for the collection. Once you've added additional photos to the collection you can now set which photo in the collection is used as the thumbnail image.
To change the thumbnail image, login and view the contents of your collection. Roll over the image you want to use as the thumbnail and then click the set thumbnail icon in the bar at the bottom of the image. See the circled area below.
We've added a photo toolbar under your photos when you view your own photos. The new toolbar shows in the large thumbnail view when you're in your profile and under the photo on the photo detail page. All photo manipulation has been moved into this toolbar to make it easier to find.
You'll now find "edit" in this new toolbar with a sub-menu for setting the photo properties and, for JPG+ members, the basic and advanced editors. Delete has been moved to the toolbar as well so you no longer have to edit a photo to find delete.
JPG+ members can also access the download function from the toolbar as well as the new hide feature.
If you're wondering what the "+" is for... well, it doesn't do anything yet. But we got some more stuff in store. We'll be doing some cool new stuff on this bar (and beyond) that you'll want to keep your eye on in the coming weeks. We can't tell you all about it yet or, well, we'd have to... you know...dispatch you to a frozen tundra somewhere north of Minsk.
New stuff part deux... Double WooHoo!
JPG+ members have a new feature that allows you to hide photos from view, essentially making a photo private until you decide to unhide it making it visible to others again. This feature is available in the new photo toolbar (see the above), look for the hide/unhide icon (like so):
When a photo is hidden, it will show up under your "Hidden" tab when you view your own profile page. Other users do not see this tab. Hidden photos are removed from all other views. This includes your profile, the photos page, all themes, challenges and contests, etc. (so make sure that you don't hide an image that is entered in a theme, challenge or contest that you want to remain in that theme, challenge or contest). Also you will be the only one able to view the photo detail page by clicking through on one of your hidden photos in the hidden tab.
This feature allows you to remove photos from view that you don't want shown but you don't want to delete either. While the image is hidden, all information about votes, views, likes, etc. is kept intact, so... should you decide to unhide the photo again it will be restored to view with the same counts as it had prior to being hidden.
Now... "why", might you ask, would one want to hide their photo? Well, maybe you want to upload some images to JPG for safekeeping (but you don't want them viewed, commented, liked, etc.). Maybe you want those images accessible to you while you're traveling out of the country so you can show your rich uncle Steve, who you're hoping will sponsor your 'round the world photo documentary project on the fruit fly. There's lots of reasons why a person would/could/should use it... some we're sure we've not even thought of yet, so as you think of those reasons...make sure you USE IT!
Well that was an ugly one, but the issue with no hot photos showing up for new challenges has been fixed. Long story short, some undocumented compatibility problems with the new version of our database software.
We have also recalculated the hot photos for any challenges/themes since the issue first occurred. So all challenges since "Red" have been updated now with the list of hot photos.]]>
As is often the case, with big change, comes a few headaches. Our weekly email newsletter and blog digest have been suspended while we build a new and more scalable and stable system for those email distributions. Additionally, mobile email uploads have been 'broken' while we enhance some elements there that were affected by our upgrade. Several users have also pointed out a few other elements that didn't fare so well in the upgrade.
In addition to a few broken items mentioned above that needed our TLC, we're re-working some of our photo storage and organization so that we can unveil a few things in the new year...
Which brings us to our "New Year's Resolutions"!
As we've evaluated JPG and its direction after we made the difficult decision to discontinue the print magazine, we have spent considerable time and attention focused on the community and what we can do to improve the interactions, tools, utility and overall look/feel and continue to make JPG the best place for our community to share, discover, discuss and more.
So... what does all this mean?
Well, after a few of the remaining bugs are worked out, we're going to be completing some of the elements of our upgrade that will allow us to do more (lots more). We're adding core functionality that will allow you to better organize and manage your images, take advantage more easily of themes, challenges and contests and more easily interact with users and great images around the site. You'll be able to feature your images, have the opportunity to earn revenue and more.
At the same time, we'll be simplifying a lot. Navigation and options will be streamlined and .... (drumroll...) we'll be introducing a new and enhanced interface that will truly celebrate your amazing work.
As you can imagine, we've got lots to do... There will be some noise and some dust. There may be some banging and screaming. Despite all that, we're excited to share our new plans for JPG with you and hope you'll love all the great stuff we're working on!
Happy New Year!]]>
We'll have to iron out these issues over the coming days. Currently there is an issue with the photo editor, its refusing to load the original photo. The other issue is the email upload if you use that for mobile photo uploads. The photos are currently not getting uploaded.
Now for the new feature... you'll notice a new box on the the photo page with all the photos counts along with new like/dislike buttons. This is the first cut at this feature so give us some feedback on it.
A few things to note. You can optionally give a prop when you like a photo which gets entered into the comments. If you want to dislike a photo we are currently requiring you to leave a comment in an effort to prevent drive-by dislikes. The comments left show up as regular comments and you can of course remove them or block the commenter if necessary.
Lastly if you want to reverse your like or dislike back to neutral, just click the button again to remove the like or dislike.
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We will be conducting site-wide maintenance Friday December 23 beginning at 11pm PST. We expect the maintenance to last until approximately 5am Saturday December 24. During this time the site will be unavailable. We will update this post when the maintenance is complete or if the schedule changes.
We have reported the issue to our provider and they are working to correct the problem. Once it has been corrected we will regenerate the thumbnail images.
Thank you for your patience while we resolve this issue.
Update: Dec 19, 2011 16:00 PST
The problem with our storage provider has been resolved and we believe all thumbnail images have been regenerated. If there are any photos you uploaded today that are still missing thumbnail images please let us know.
Oh and while we were at it, we added the 3 voteable themes back to the top of the theme list on the photo edit page as well. So all is right with the world of theme entry from the edit page again.]]>
We have been notified that our storage provider will be performing maintenance on the systems we use for photo storage tonight. The maintenance is scheduled for Nov 4, 11pm EST through Nov 5, 7am EST. Durning this time uploads of photos to JPG will be disabled and if you are JPG+ member you will not be able to download your originals.
Also fixed is a problem were the photo may appear squashed or stretched after saving the image. This was occurring only if you did an operation in the editor that changed the dimensions of the image, such as rotate or crop. The actual dimensions of the image were then out of sync with the dimensions we used when displaying the image on the site.
Note that if your large image on the site still looks stretched after saving, that is caused by the original image still being cached in our CDN (Content Delivery Network) and it will fix itself once the new image has made its way out to all the servers in the network. Just be patient and check it again, it can take up to an hour for the image to get updated on all the servers.
We've also fixed an issue with the NSFW filter where some images that were flagged as NSFW were not being filtered correctly in the contest entry block in the right sidebar on photo pages. All photos flagged as NSFW should now show as filtered there if you have enabled your filter.
We're working away on lots of cool stuff for the site and our awesome community and we're looking for help to bring some of these great new features to you even faster!
Specifically, we're looking for someone with amazing skills in:
The perfect person or team will be able to design AND develop AND deploy.
If you are this person (or team) or if you know this person (or team), use this email: firstname.lastname@example.com!
What are you waiting for?!?!?!]]>
What do we mean by quick draw? Users have let us know that it would be cool if there were a way to more quickly enter their images in the Shoot Out contests. Like... maybe if there were a button, a lot like the Spotlight button that appeared on each image so that you could just enter it into a Shoot Out contest right there!
Now, when browsing through your images, you'll see that you can hit a button above your image (the one that says "Enter Shoot Out") and you can, right there, enter it in any open JPG Shoot Out photo contest! How cool is that? This will, of course, make entering that much easier.
But that's not all... no way - no how! We thought it would be cool to add a little something extra!
When you browse the site, do you ever see an image that is just perfect for one of our Shoot Out photo contests... and maybe you whisper to yourself... "that would be just perfect for the [_____] Shoot Out - I wonder why it's not entered!"?
Well, now - if you come across that image that would make a perfect entry into an open JPG Shoot Out photo contest and you think it should be entered, you can use that cool new "Enter Shoot Out" button above all the images on the site to enter images into any open Shoot Out (that's right, even if it's not your image)!
Now, why would you want to do that? Great question. While you will pay the entry fee for any image that you enter into the Shoot Out, you will get a share of the prize (if it wins one) and the credit for entering it in the Shoot Out. So, let's say you enter someone else's image in a Shoot Out. Just like when you spotlight someone's image, this is another way to give them props for their great work (AND give them, and yourself, a shot at a cash prize). So, when that image is entered, you'll be mentioned, right below the image, as the one who entered it in the contest. IF the image wins a prize in the contest, you'll get 15% of the prize that the image won (the rest, of course, goes to the member that submitted the image originally... that's only fair)!
So, if you fancy yourself a keen photo editor with a great eye for the image that will win, and you're willing to put your money where your eye is, enter-away! If you spend hours on JPG and you wish you had a good reason to tell your spouse why you spend so much time on the site... Now you have one! You can browse images, pick great entries, and win money! In fact, it's a pretty cool way to spend time... browsing through over 2.1 million images and entering great images for a shot to share the cash prize with the member who shot the image...
Now, of course, we realize that SOME photographers won't want others to enter their images in contests (although, with a shot to win the cash prize without footing the entry bill, we can't imagine WHY?!). So... if you'd prefer not to have your images entered into the Shoot Out photo contests by other users, you can opt-out in your profile.
To clear up any questions all of this might raise, you can check out the FAQs, under "Contests".
We're sure this will add some more fun to the JPG Shoot Out photo contests.
As part of this we've also tweaked the login process slightly to try to return you to the page you were on when you hit the login link. That way you don't lose your place on the site when you login.
Also new is the display of your remaining Shoot Out credits in your user profile or a link to add credits you have none.
As always, have fun... be safe... and happy shooting~!]]>


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Preaching Bundle, ver. 2, L (31 vols.)
by 32 authors Jones, G. Curtis, McDill, Wayne, Leithart, Peter J., Olford, Stephen F., Olford, David, Vasholz, Robert I., Awbrey, Ben, Hobbs, Herschel, Fasol, Al, Duduit, Michael, Hamilton, Donald, Mellor, Mike, Eby, David, York, Hershael, Decker, Bert, Fish, Roy, Gaines, Steve, West, Ralph, Linares, Joe, Ross, Michael F., Capill, Murray A., Scharf, Greg, Bisagno, John, Ash, Christopher, Shaddix, Jim, Ryrie, Charles Caldwell, Azurdia, Arturo G., III, Heisler, Greg, Brown, H. C., Jr., Clinard, H. Gordon, Northcutt, Jesse, Davis, Dale Ralph
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How do you prepare your heart and mind to compose your next sermon? What is preaching's objective? These questions and more are answered and addressed. This base package supplement contains numerous helps for effective, Spirit-led preaching. It provides tools for clearly and effectively communicating your message, revitalizing a declining congregation, proclaiming the Gospel message to the present generation, and preaching with bold assurance. Also included are sermon illustrations and scriptural aids for benedictions and calls to worship.
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- Compilation of some of the finest counsel from many of the acknowledged grand masters of the contemporary pulpit
- Explanation of the homiletical task
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Look after Your Voice: Taking Care of the Preacher's Greatest Asset
As a hammer is to a carpenter, a scalpel to a surgeon, a trowel to a brick mason or a needle to a tailor—so the voice is to a preacher. Man's voice is the primary means God uses to deliver His Word to mankind, yet how often we who are called to impart the most important truths in the world are apt to neglect, if not willfully abuse our all-vital 'tool of the trade'.
Can there be any more pitiful sight in all nature than a God-sent preacher who is forced to be silent? We are not thinking here however of a silence brought about by pressure from ungodly sources, but that which has been enforced because of the preacher's own negligence concerning his voice.
Mike Mellor's goal is not to produce another speech book (of which a good number can be found, usually aimed at actors or singers) but that something of our high calling as God's spokesmen may be re-kindled and as a consequence our desire to care for the frail vehicle God has designed to convey his Word may be increased.


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- 170 individual usability sessions conducted
- A dozen titles tested for Glu Mobile, including chart-topping titles
- Tested MTV's Addicting Games app, which rose to #2 amongst all iPhone apps
- Extensive research on major new social site game
Usability can be done early, before launch. Actually watching closely as a person plays your game, as they "talk through" the process of playing, and then discussing it with them - you can get at many nuances of usability that aren't apparent via metrics. You get at "why" consumers feel or do what they do.
If a person doesn't click on the store icon, why is that - did they not see it, did it look like something else, what should be changed to make it clear it's the store icon (is it a small adjustment, or an entire re-do)?
One on one usability studies can reveal "sticking points" which may cause 50 to 75% of consumers to quit playing. For games relying on micro transactions, this reduces your income dramatically. Often fixing these issues is not a major effort. Plus this can reveal overall consumer likes/dislikes.
Sessions are streamed live, including video of the iPhone game being played with the consumers fingers shown as they tap - and a face cam of the consumer to show their facial expressions.
Effectiveness: After 30 years of doing game research, this is the most effective research tool I've ever seen. If you are live streaming the individual sessions even busy developers typically will at least keep the video running in the corner of their monitor - and pay very close attention when people are having problems.
Partly because the fixes aren't that tough, I find developers will often make most of the needed changes before I deliver my written report a few days after the sessions.
The Process: I play the game to prepare, and take full notes during the session in Excel, which makes it easy to see what each person said or did - or to look down a column to see all the notes on a particular issue, like graphics, etc. Plus there's a follow-up summary report.
For gyro games we have a special gooseneck camera which mounts on the back of a mobile phone case, so the videotaping is steady even with the consumer waving the phone all around.
Generally only 10-12 individual sessions are needed.
The cost is reasonable.
The standard concept testing for mobile, as for console games, presents some graphics of the planned game, and a set of key features, via an online survey. The overall appeal of the title can be gauged, and ranking/rating of the features can help identify the most important ones.
Further, we have a prototype tester - where a prototype of the game or app, which is fairly playable with decent graphics, can be provided to consumers part way through development. Survey questions can be interspersed in the prototype, making the responses very immediate. After they finish a level, a question can pop up - how was that level? This is a much more certain way to evaluate a concept, before all the development money is spent.
This work builds on the 450 game research projects we've done since 1992 - focus groups and online studies.
Hugh Bowen
Bowen Research
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For the last 20 years, in order to become intimate with consumers, we've become intimate with the products - including games, websites and mobile products. We play every level of each game we test, and watch every move consumers make when playing. We fundamentally believe that face-to-face consumer study is key.
Why have we studied console games, the web and mobile games over the past 20 years? All three are essentially electronic interfaces - with the same issues of flow, clarity, and ease of use. We are experts in learning if the consumer feels comfortable or frustrated, and if the overall interaction with the device satisfying. If not, what should be changed? What is the likely level of market success?
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Creating new roses is a fascinating, and artistic, process. If you have ever wanted to try your hand at it, this video will show you how.
Our special guest Brad Jalbert or Select Roses in Vancouver, Canada has been breeding roses for close to 20 years. He has a great way of explaining how he does it.
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Everyone loves roses. If you always wanted to add roses to your garden but were too intimidated by their diva reputation, Roses Are Plants, Too is the blog for you.
Paul Zimmerman has grown thousands of roses for over 15 years and for ten of those years in a sustainable manner. His common-sense approach shows you how to integrate garden roses into your landscape by looking at them as nothing more than flowering shrubs, all the while encouraging you to trust your own "Gardener's Instincts" in the care of these beautiful plants.
You will learn how to prune and train climbing roses, and how to get the most "ka-bloom" out of your shrub, David Austin and Knockout rose bushes. You'll get tips on growing roses organically and trimming them all season to keep their shape. You'll discover the difference between own-root and grafted roses, and more. Much of the instruction will be via videos that Paul produces himself!
Paul Zimmerman ran a rose care company in Los Angeles before moving to South Carolina to start Ashdown Roses. Now he focuses on rose education and teaching via Paul Zimmerman Roses. He lectures, gives workshops, and judges rose trials around the world, and it is this experience he brings to this blog.
Whether you are new to roses or an experienced grower, Paul will open your garden to the vast diversity our national flower offers.
If you have questions about roses and rose care or would like to share your own experiences please visit our Roses Are Plants, Too discussion forum.
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Hey guys, I had a bit of an accident with my iPhone ... kinda fell in some water with the phone in my pocket. The good news is that the phone is fine ... the bad news is that the message "This accessory was not made to work with iPhone" pops up a lot now. When this happens, the speaker does not work for YouTube videos or MxTube videos and the iPod portion of the phone will not play on the external speakers. However, the speaker does work for ringtones and the like. When I plug in my headphones, everything works.
I have read a ton about people with this problem but is there a software fix? It seems that if that error message could be ignored, the phone would function correctly 100% of the time ...
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Intestinal obstruction repair is surgery to relieve a bowel obstruction. A bowel obstruction is when the contents of the intestines cannot pass through and exit the body. A complete obstruction is a surgical emergency.
See also:
Repair of volvulus; Paralytic ileus - repair; Intestinal volvulus - repair; Bowel obstruction - repair; Ileus - repair
Intestinal obstruction repair is done while you are under general anesthesia. This means you are asleep and unable to feel pain.
The surgeon makes a cut in your belly so he or she can see your intestines. Sometimes, the surgery can be done using a laparascope, which means smaller cuts are used.
The surgeon locates the area of your intestine (bowel) that is blocked and unblocks it.
Any damaged parts of your bowel will be repaired or removed. If a section is removed, the healthy ends will be reconnected with stitches or staples. Sometimes when part of the intestine is removed, the ends cannot be reconnected. If this happens, the surgeon will bring one end out through an opening in the abdominal wall. This may be done using a colostomy , ileostomy, or mucous fistula.
The surgeon will also check the blood flow to the rest of the bowel.
This procedure is done to relieve a blockage in your intestine. A blockage that lasts for a long time can interfere with blood flow to the area, which can cause the bowel to die.
Surgery is often needed to treat a bowel obstruction. The type of surgery that is done depends on the cause of the obstruction.
Risks for any surgery include:
Other risks of abdominal surgery include:
How long it takes to recover depends on your overall health and the type of operation.
The outcome is usually good if the obstruction is treated before tissue damage or death occurs in the bowel.
People who have had many abdominal surgeries may form scar tissue. These patients are more likely to have bowel obstructions in the future.
Turnage RH, Heldmann M, Cole P. Intestinal obstruction and illeus. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Sleisenger MH, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006:chap 116.
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Hummus - For Stick BlendersCuisinart Original Recipe
This is your basic hummus. To change it up a bit, add a cooked
red pepper, or roasted beets or fresh herbs.
1 large garlic clove
1 can (15.5 ounce) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
6 tablespoons tahini
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
½ to ¾ teaspoon sea or kosher salt, or to taste
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil, more if desired
1∕3 cup water (plus more if needed)
1. Insert the chopping blade into the work bowl. Add garlic to bowl and process for 10 to 15 seconds; scrape bowl. Add chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, salt and pepper; pulse 10 to 12 times. Add the oil and process until almost completely combined. Add the water and process until very smooth. If a thinner consistency is desired, add more water. Adjust seasoning to taste.
ServingsMakes about 2 cups
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Per Serving
Nutritional information per serving (2 tablespoons):
Calories 68 (41% from fat) • carb. 8g • pro. 2g • fat 3g • sat. fat 0g
• chol. 0mg • sod. 153mg • calc. 33mg • fiber 2g
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Kansas has little incentive to play Missouri after Tigers jump to SEC next season
Fab Melo's three-game absence hurt Syracuse's offense as much as its defense
Following Sunday's loss to Miami, there could be something very wrong with Duke
Kansas-Missouri, the so-called "Border War," has been one of the truly special rivalries in college basketball. That's why the Tigers' 74-71 victory on Saturday night felt so bittersweet. Beginning next season, Missouri will compete in the SEC, meaning that Saturday's game was the last scheduled meeting to take place in Columbia. They will play again in Lawrence on Feb. 25, and possibly a third time in the Big 12 tournament. Beyond that, however, the future is uncertain.
It's not easy to see something this good come to an end. Throughout the game, ESPN's Dick Vitale repeatedly implored the schools to keep playing even after they're in different leagues. During the College Gameday pregame show, Jay Bilas went to so far as to assume the game will happen in the very near future. "They're gonna play," he said. "Whether it's next year or the year after, they're gonna play again."
I'm not so sure I share Bilas' optimism. Nor do I share Vitale's hope. I'm not just okay with seeing this rivalry come to an end. I actually want it to.
Why am I being such a killjoy? Because as much as I love a great rivalry, I loathe conference expansion even more. This has been the worst trend to hit college sports in a long, long time. Missouri's decision to go to the SEC was bad for college sports, bad for the Big 12 and certainly bad for Kansas. (I believe it will prove to be bad for Missouri, too, but only time will tell.) Coming on the heels of Texas A&M's decision to likewise bolt for the SEC, Missouri's defection almost put the Big 12 out of business. If the conference had dissolved, Kansas would have been in a tough spot. KU does not have an elite football program, so it would have been forced to beg leagues like the ACC and Big East to shoehorn the Jayhawks into their ranks. It would have been a sad moment for a proud school.
Missouri's basketball coach, Frank Haith, and its athletic director, Mike Alden, have said they want the series to continue. Their counterparts across the border, however, are not playing along. "It will not happen in the immediate future," Kansas coach Bill Self said after the game on Saturday night. "They chose to be someplace else. It's fine. It's their prerogative. If it is better for them, so be it, but if you choose to be somewhere else, you leave a situation behind that is not the same as what it was when you were in it."
That was a more diplomatic version of the answer that Baylor women's basketball coach Kim Mulkey gave last fall when asked if her team would continue to play Texas A&M: "If a man wants to divorce me and says our relationship has no value to him, and then he asks me if he can sleep with me, the answer is no," she said.
If Missouri is going to convince Kansas to change its mind, it's going to have to overcome more than just the hurt feelings of a jilted lover. The hard truth is, Missouri needs this game significantly more than Kansas does. The Jayhawks have won three national championships and have been to 13 Final Fours. Missouri has never even been to one. Kansas can recruit on a national scale, while Missouri has to focus on the Midwest. If injected with truth serum, I'll bet Haith would tell you the move to the SEC is making his job harder. So why would Self do something that will only make it easier?
Besides, it's not like Kansas has trouble scheduling nonconference games. The Jayhawks still have two years left in the Champions Classic that will rotate them with Kentucky, Duke and Michigan State. They are a perennially plum choice for all the major Thanksgiving and Christmas week tournaments. Their decision to participate in an intersectional matchup guarantees that it will be broadcast on ESPN or CBS. If Kansas agreed to play Missouri, it would be providing the Tigers with a national platform they currently lack. Hard to see the upside in that for the Jayhawks.
But think of the Kansas fans, Vitale urged. They want this game to continue, right? Actually, no. "I've heard from a lot of our coaches, our administrators, our larger donors and our fan base. The overwhelming majority ask me not to play Missouri at this time," KU athletic director Sheahon Zenger told me. "They feel that by leaving for another conference, they harmed our league -- our family, so to speak. They don't want to reward that."
Will this series resume someday, as Bilas predicts? I suppose so. After all, Auburn and Alabama quit playing each other in football back in 1907. It only took 41 years -- and a threat by the Alabama House of Representatives to cut funding -- for those teams to agree to play each other again. I doubt it will take four decades for Kansas and Missouri to resume their series, but I also doubt it will happen anytime soon. Nor should it. Missouri had every right to act in its self-interest, but now so does Kansas. Hey, it's just business, right?
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